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title: "15 Secret Joy Quotes by 13 authors"
description: "Browse 15 Secret Joy quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Secret Joy sayings and thoughts."
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> [Surprise is the secret of joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/surprise-is-the-secret-of-joy/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-secret-of-joy-is-the-mastery-of-pain/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Resistance is the secret of joy!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/resistance-is-the-secret-of-joy/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/alice-walker-347_conformity_resistance-is-the-secret-of-joy-3086150_3086150.png)

> [“But the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/but-the-secret-to-joy-is-to-keep-seeking-god-where-we-doubt-he-is/)

[Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/ann-voskamp-729_joy_but-the-secret-to-joy-is-to-keep-seeking_2723455.png)

> [O let us still the secret joy partake, To follow virtue even for virtue's sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/o-let-us-still-the-secret-joy-partake-to-follow-virtue-even-for/)

[Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/alexander-pope-235_character_o-let-us-still-the-secret-joy-partake-to_247358.png)

> [Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/gratitude-not-understanding-is-the-secret-to-joy-and-equanimity/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/anne-lamott-188_equanimity_gratitude-not-understanding-is-the-secre_2833291.png)

> [“Elizabeth chuckled. Sometimes seeing a kid suffer the indignity of having to work gave parents a secret joy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-byrd/elizabeth-chuckled-sometimes-seeing-a-kid-suffer-the-indignity-of/)

[Adrianne Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-byrd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/adrianne-byrd-66891_child_elizabeth-chuckled-sometimes-seeing-a-ki_2391995.jpg)

> [...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-secret-to-joy-is-to-keep-seeking-god-where-we-doubt-he-is/)

[Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/ann-voskamp-729_doubt_the-secret-to-joy-is-to-keep-seeking-god_2606022.png)

> [The secret of joy is hidden in the word itself: first J, then O, then Y: Jesus first, Others next, Yourself last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/the-secret-of-joy-is-hidden-in-the-word-itself-first-j-then-o-then-y/)

[Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/peter-kreeft-820_firsts_the-secret-of-joy-is-hidden-in-the-word_1472630.png)

> [“Horatio leaned toward her, "What is the secret of joy?" Mousey thought for a moment. "Doing what you like best." Of course.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ferris/horatio-leaned-toward-her-what-is-the-secret-of-joy-mousey-thought/)

[Jean Ferris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ferris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/jean-ferris-21530_joy_horatio-leaned-toward-her-what-is-the-se_2347130.png)

> [This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-underhill/this-is-the-secret-of-joy-we-shall-no-longer-strive-for-our-own-way/)

[Evelyn Underhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-underhill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/evelyn-underhill-4102_commit_this-is-the-secret-of-joy-we-shall-no-lo_2202873.png)

> [Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-frederic-amiel/conquering-any-difficulty-always-gives-one-a-secret-joy-for-it-means/)

[Henri Frederic Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-frederic-amiel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/henri-frederic-amiel-1276_adversity_conquering-any-difficulty-always-gives-o_1277664.png)

> [I think today if we forbade our illiterate children to touch the wonderful things of our literature, perhaps they might steal them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/i-think-today-if-we-forbade-our-illiterate-children-to-touch-the/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/john-steinbeck-71_books_i-think-today-if-we-forbade-our-illitera_238855.jpg)

> [There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/there-are-those-who-believe-black-people-possess-the-secret-of-joy/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/alice-walker-347_believe_there-are-those-who-believe-black-people_1728553.png)

> [The joy of suddenly learning a former secret and the joy of suddenly discovering a hitherto unknown truth are the same to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-halmos/the-joy-of-suddenly-learning-a-former-secret-and-the-joy-of-suddenly/)

[Paul Halmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-halmos/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/paul-halmos-19455_buddhism_the-joy-of-suddenly-learning-a-former-se_2076173.jpg)

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